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Patriotic pensioner battles Brussels to remain a Brit

Friday, March 30 2012

A patriotic pensioner from Walsall came under the
spotlight in Brussels when his letter to MEP Mike Nattrass,
calling for advice on how to renounce EU citizenship, was read
out in the European Parliament.

Eighty-three-year-old Alan
Sheath will go into the EU record books after his letter, which
stated his rejection of “imposed European
citizenship,” was read out by UKIP MEP Mike Nattrass during
a mini plenary session held in Brussels on Thursday (March
29).

Mr Sheath, who lives in Portland Road, Aldridge with his
83-year-old wife Dorothy, says he is determined to fight Brussels
bureaucrats all the way and has enlisted the help of Mr Nattrass
to seek ways in which to reject so-called EU citizenship and
defend his “birthright” of being a UK citizen.

In his speech to the Parliament on Thursday Mr Nattrass said:
“(Mr President. You will be aware that) many in the UK
object to imposed EU citizenship and they don’t want it.
They love Europe but hate the EU because it is dictatorial and
undemocratic.

“The following letter to me from constituent
Alan Sheath illustrates this point.

“Dear Mr Nattrass. On 7th February 1992 Prime Minister
John Major signed the Maastricht Treaty. Unbeknown to myself, and
the vast majority of British subjects, every person in the UK
including Her Majesty the Queen, became a European citizen by
ratification.

“I, nor 60 million other British subjects, were
consulted or asked to vote. I do not want this (EU) citizenship
so please advise me what measures there are in place for me to
renounce it. I remain content with my British
birthright.”

Commenting this week, Mr Sheath said: “I am not an EU
citizen I am a citizen of the United Kingdom and as a Scot I take
a very dim view of what the EU is doing to us.

“We were lied to when we were originally told that we
were joining a common market and that is was all about trade. The
truth is the EU is about political control.

“Thanks to the EU we have seen post office closures and
as a pensioner to be taxed 20 per cent of our income is
appalling. The Government wants to impose a Pasty Tax when so
much money is going to the EU.

“Mike’s speech was excellent and I admired his
direct approach. At no time was I consulted about EU citizenship.
I am proud to be a citizen of the United Kingdom.”

Commenting this week, Mr Nattrass, said: “I receive many
letters from constituents who, like Mr Sheath, are proud to be
citizens of the United Kingdom and object to imposed EU
citizenship.

“I will campaign on behalf of Mr Sheath and the many
others who want to remain UK citizens and not have their national
identity stolen from them by the European Union.”

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